Something I would like to see for the Remastered Hobgoblin

[WarDriveWorley]

So with the changes to how ancestry based weapon familiarity feats (which I love) and the upcoming player core 2 which will have Hobgobs in it I'm hoping that they change the Hobgob's familiarity feat to include Alchemical Bombs.

Given the fact they can easily get Alchemical formula through Alchemical Scholar (Assuming there's no change to that feat) I think it would be thematic for them to also treat bombs as ancestral weapons.

Thoughts?

[YuriP]

Makes sense IMO.

[Perpdepog]

Seconded. Makes a lot of sense to me.

[Eldritch Yodel]

I think it makes sense, and with Laudinmio's holy weapon being alchemical bombs, there's a precedent for this kind of thing.

[Crouza]

It makes sense in this system since bombs are just a martial item anyone can pick up and use. There's no point in treating them like any other weapon and excluding them from consideration for weapon familiarity.

[HammerJack]

If you mean including it for proficiency, it could fit. If you mean including it for Access, suddenly granting Access to all bombs (there are several with some rarity and will likely be more in the future) would be a lot more impactful and create a weird anti-future-proofing situation.

[Themetricsystem]

Very simple +2 from me on this one.

[Captain Morgan]

Makes perfect thematic sense, but I am not sure if it fits with Paizo's balance decisions. I think they wanted to keep bombs as a martial option to access different damage types, hence making them martial weapons. Monks and casters would really love them as options but they aren't available.

[WarDriveWorley]

HammerJack wrote:

If you mean including it for proficiency, it could fit. If you mean including it for Access, suddenly granting Access to all bombs (there are several with some rarity and will likely be more in the future) would be a lot more impactful and create a weird anti-future-proofing situation.

Yeah, definitely meant including for proficiency.

[WarDriveWorley]

Captain Morgan wrote:

Makes perfect thematic sense, but I am not sure if it fits with Paizo's balance decisions. I think they wanted to keep bombs as a martial option to access different damage types, hence making them martial weapons. Monks and casters would really love them as options but they aren't available.

I certainly see your point as it could be unwieldy in the hands of monks, but for casters would it be all that different than taking the Weapon Proficiency general feat?